The Albanian-language Facebook page "Bota Islame" published yesterday (March 5) an image of a space decorated for the month of Ramadan.
While the inscription claims that "#Frankfurt welcomes #Ramadan."
However, after fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that this claim is unfounded since the photo was taken last year in the city of London and not in Frankfurt.
Link to the image published by "Islamic World":
https://archive.is/8mR07#selection-467.0-476.0
Hibrid.info, after researching through the automated program "InVID", has managed to find the same image published on the social media X (formerly Twitter), published on March 18, 2023. (see here)
Hibrid.info has also managed to find a photo of this decorated piece in London, but from a different angle, published in the article of the British medium "theguardian.com". (see here)
The British media published this photo on March 21st of last year, in the article titled "Sadiq Khan lights the first Ramadan lights in London at Piccadilly Circus."
Also, in the description below the photo it says “Ramadan lights in Piccadilly Circus, London on the eve of the first day of Ramadan on Tuesday March 21. Photograph: Anna Gordon/Reuters”, which proves once again that the claim of the "Islamic World" website that these images are from Frankfurt is not true and that in fact the image was taken 1 year earlier in honor of the month of Ramadan.
Screenshot from the article published on Guardian.com
Meanwhile, today during the day, the German public international broadcaster "Deutsche Welle" reported that this year "For the first time, the German city of Frankfurt will celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by lighting up a main street with crescents, stars and lanterns." (see here)
Analyze:
Posting a photo of last year's Ramadan decorations in the English capital, a Facebook page has claimed that the images are from this year's German city of Frankfurt.
Hibrid.info has found the original photo published on social media X, and has proven that this claim is unfounded as the photo is old and not from Frankfurt.
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